Horse-blanket.



PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

L. F. nmmnvamz.

HORSE BLANKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28 1903.

N0 MODEL.

B y W 5.

UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

LEONARD F. MATTINGLY, OF LEBANON, KENTUCKY.

HORSE-BLANKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,417, dated August 16, 1904.

Application nied November-28, 1903. Serial No- 183,001. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD F. MAT- TINGLY, of Lebanon, in the county of Marion and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Blankets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in horse-blankets, and is designed particularly as an improvement on the horse-blanket for which Letters Patent No. 725,931 were granted April 21, 1903, to Mamie Cleaver.

The invention has for its object the production of a blanket of this character provided with a solid yoke at the front, thereby dispensing with the employment of fasteningstraps and avoiding the objectionablegaping incident to blankets upon which such straps are employed. I

A further object is to provide a blanket in which a maximum protection for the breast of the animal is secured.

A further object is to provide simple and eflicient stays for taking up the strains in the wear of the blanket, whereby its durability is greatly increased.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are opposite side views illustrating my improved blanket. Fig. 3 isafront end view. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4, Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the body of the blanket, the same being provided at its forward end with overlapping flaps 11, the edges of which are permanently secured to the adjacent portions of the blanket-body by stitching or any other suitable means, an opening 12 being left for the passage of the animals head. Extending longitudinally of each side of the blanket and arranged near the lower edge is a strap or stay 13, which is securely fastened to the body of the blanket by any suitable means, said straps 13 crossing the front of the blanket centrally at 14 and extending diagonally upward to the withers, where they again cross, as indicated at 15. From this point said straps or stays extend diagonally downward and backward, as indicated at 16 and 17, respectively, said latter straps being passed beneath the straps 13, the straps 16 being provided with a snap-hook or the like designed to engage a corresponding fastening device carried by an extension 18 of the strap 19, passing diagonally forward on both sides of the blanket from the hip-line. The straps 19, on both sides of the blanket, are passed beneath the straps or stays 13, one end of said strap being also provided with a hook or similar fastening device arranged to engage a corresponding fastening device carried by an extension 20 of the strap 17.

In practice the blanket is secured in position by passing the opening 12 over the animals head and crossing the extension-straps l8 and 20 beneath the animals body. WVhen thus positioned, the stays or straps are, in effect, one continuous strap extending, for instance, from the rear endof the strap 13 on the lefthand side around the front of the body over the withers, then downwardly again, crossing under the body and then upward over the'hips, thence downwardly again under the body from thence extending upward over the withers, passing from thence downward and across the front, terminating in the rear end of the strap 13 on the right side, thus making a continuous winding strap or stay encircling the animals body. If desired,the overlapping flaps 11 may be quilted or otherwise secured together to increase the stability of this part, which I term a solid yoke.

The advantages of my improved blanket will be at once apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains. It Will be particularly observed that by the employment of a solid yoke formed of overlapping portions a maximum protection is secured for the breast of the animal.

A further advantage is secured by making the blanket the strongest at the point where the same receives the greatest strain-namely, from the withers to the front.

It Will also be noted that by providing the front of the blanket or yoke with a permanent fastening the same cannot gap or open,

the blanket can be more quickly and conveniently placed on the animal or removed than where snap hooks or other similar fastenings are used on the yoke, and the objections incident to the breaking or derangement of the snap hooks or other fastenings are entirely overcome, the blanket when once placed over the animals head being positioned without further adjustment.

It will be further observed that by crossing the straps 13 centrally over the solid yoke or breast and again crossing them over the withers all strain is absolutely relieved or taken up at this point, and said strain is equalized or distributed over the entire blanket by the continuous wrapping arrangement of the stays or straps.

I claim as my invention 1. A blanket having a solid yoke or breast portion and provided with an opening for the passage of the animals head, and stays or straps extending along the side of the blanket and crossing centrally of said yoke, said straps after crossing being extended diagonally up over the withers.

2. A blanket comprising a body portion, and straps or stays extending along the sides or the blanket, said straps or stays being crossed at the front of the blanket and extended diagonally upward over the withers.

3. A blanket having a solid yoke or breast,

portion and provided with an opening for the passage of the animals head, stays or straps extending along the sides of the blanket, said stays or straps being crossed centrally at the front of said yoke and extended diagonally upward, said stays or straps being again crossed over the withers and then extended diagonally downward and rearward, additional stays or straps extending diagonally downward and forward from the hip line, and means whereby said hip and withers straps may be united.

1. 'A blanket comprising a body portion, and stays or straps extending along the sides of the blanket, said stays or straps being crossed at the front of the blanket extended diagonally upward and again crossed over the withers, diagonally-arranged hip-straps, and means for uniting the free ends of said hip and withers straps, whereby all of said stays or straps are in effect one continuous stay or strap encircling the body of the animal and terminating on each side near the rear end thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEONARD F. MATTINGLY.

WVitnesses:

CHARLns F. Ronnn'rs, LEWIS Hone ES. 

